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Pirates of the 20th Century (Russian: Пираты XX века, translit. Piraty XX veka) is a 1980 Soviet action/adventure film about modern piracy. The film was directed by Boris Durov, the story was written by Boris Durov and Stanislav Govorukhin.
The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1980 and had 87.6 million viewers.
Original Release
07/14/1980
US Release
08/08/1980
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pyotr Velyaminov | Captain Ivan Ilyich / the captain of the cargo ship "Nezhin" Ivan Ilyich |
| Talgat Nigmatulin | Saleh / the pirate Saleh, "Baby", aka Lee Guang, Nguyen Cho |
| Rein Aren | Pirate Captain 'Master' / pirate captain "Master" |
| Dilorom Kambarova | Maa / Maa Islander |
| Natalya Khorokhorina | Masha / ship barmaid Masha |
| Maija Eglite | Ayna / ship librarian Aina |
| Tadeush Kasyanov | The Boatswain Matveich |
| Pavel Remezov | The Ship's Doctor / ship's doctor |
| Viktor Zhiganov | Sailor Igor Stetsenko |
| Viktor Gordeev | Yura Mikosha |
Directors
Writers
Boris Durov, Stanislav Govorukhin
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pyotr Velyaminov | Captain Ivan Ilyich / the captain of the cargo ship "Nezhin" Ivan Ilyich |
| Talgat Nigmatulin | Saleh / the pirate Saleh, "Baby", aka Lee Guang, Nguyen Cho |
| Rein Aren | Pirate Captain 'Master' / pirate captain "Master" |
| Dilorom Kambarova | Maa / Maa Islander |
| Natalya Khorokhorina | Masha / ship barmaid Masha |
| Maija Eglite | Ayna / ship librarian Aina |
| Tadeush Kasyanov | The Boatswain Matveich |
| Pavel Remezov | The Ship's Doctor / ship's doctor |
| Viktor Zhiganov | Sailor Igor Stetsenko |
| Viktor Gordeev | Yura Mikosha |
| Georgiy Martirosyan | Georgiy Klyuev / George Klyuev |
| Leonid Trutnev | Radio Operator |
| Nartay Begalin | The Pirate-Machine Gunner / machine gun pirate wearing a cap |
| Laktemir Dztiev | The Pirate |
| Vladimir Episkoposyan | The Pirate / bearded pirate ("give a hand, Noah") |
| Igor Klass | The Pirate Joachim Schweigert / pirate Joachim Johannes Schweigert, aka Rolf Schneider, aka Kurt Winner (“I don't beat women”) |
| Bimbolat Kumalagov | The Pirate / mustachioed pirate attacking captain and ship's doctor during boarding |
| Gennadi Chetverikov | The Pirate Hardy / Hardy Pirate (bald, wearing dark glasses on his neck) |
| Iroda Aliyeva | |
| Farhod Aminov | The Pirate |
